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Re: trapdoor.merit.edu and other impatient Postfix mailers everywhere (fwd)


From: Mitch Halmu <mitch () netside net>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 18:44:13 -0400 (EDT)



On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Steve Sobol wrote:

Mitch Halmu wrote:

"There will be a day when folks will need to pay to transit email."
(Paul Vixie, 1998)

That day has come.

The inclusion of maps.vix.com references in the sendmail code has lead
to predictable consequences. Let's hope this will serve as a warning to
all sysadmins who can infere what's wrong with enterprises like MAPS
from this incident.

Put away the tinfoil hat, Mitch. 

Just as soon as they drop the bag, Steve.

--Mitch
NetSide


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